wechseln — meaning in English

English meaning

• alternate adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
• bandy verb To pass something back and forth between people, especially words, rumors, or ideas.
• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• change verb To become different, or to make something different.
• hibernate verb For an animal to spend winter in a dormant, low-energy state.
• segue verb To move smoothly from one topic, activity, or piece of music into another without an abrupt break.
• swap verb To exchange one thing for another.
• switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.

Senses

wechseln is used for these senses in English:

• alternate (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
• bandy (transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
• break (intransitive, of a, _, spell of settled, _, weather) To end.
• break (specifically, in, _, programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
• hibernate (intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.
• hibernate (intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.
• segue To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
• switch (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.

alternate — full definition

1. adj Happening in turns, first one thing then the other, repeatedly.
2. noun A person or thing standing in as a substitute for another.
3. verb To switch back and forth between two things in a regular pattern.

bandy — full definition

1. verb To pass something back and forth between people, especially words, rumors, or ideas.
2. adj Curving outward at the knees; bow-legged.

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